INSEE (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques; pronounced [inse] (not [ɛ̃se]) in French) is the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. National statistical services International statistical services Eurostat United Nations Statistics Division - * UNESCO Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data. It collects and publishes information on the French economy and society, carrying out the periodic national census. This article addresses the current economic situation of France A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population Located in Paris, it is the French branch of Eurostat, European Statistical System. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Statistical Office of the European Communities ( Eurostat) is the Statistical arm of the European Commission, producing data for the European Union The INSEE was created in 1946 as a successor to the National Statistics Service (SNS) created under Vichy during World War II. Vichy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
Purpose
INSEE is responsible for the production and analysis of official statistics in France. Its best known responsibilities include:
- Organizing and publishing the national census
- Producing various indices - which are widely recognised as being of excellent quality - including an inflation index used for determining the rates of rents and the costs associated with construction. In economics inflation or price inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over a period of time
- Eurostat uses INSEE statistics in combination with those of other national statistical agencies to compile comparable statistics for the EU as a whole. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in It is also widely recognized as representing France on international questions of statistics.
Organization
INSEE is the responsibility of MINEFE, the French Ministry of Finance. The Minister for the Economy Industry and Employment ( ministre de l'Économie de l'Industrie et de l'Emploi) or Minister of Finance for short is one of the The current director is Jean-Philippe Cotis.
Teaching and research
Research and teaching for INSEE is undertake by GENES, or Group of the National Schools of the Economy and Statistics (French: Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique which includes:
- ENSAE (L'École nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique), a grande école which trains INSEE administrators and engineers specialized in statistics, the economy, and finance. The Grandes écoles ("Graduate schools" literally in French "Grand Schools" or "Elite Schools" of France are higher
- ENSAI, (L'École nationale de la statistique et de l'analyse de l'information), an engineering school. Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and
Codes and numbering system
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INSEE gives numerical indexing codes (French: les Codes INSEE) to various entities in France:
- INSEE codes (known as COG) are given to various administrative units, notably the French communes (they do not coincide with postcodes). The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a The 'complete' code has 8 digits and 3 spaces within, but there is a popular 'simplified' code with 5 digits and no space within:
- 2 digits (département) and 3 digits (commune) for the 96 départements of Metropolitan France. In the Terminology of Political geography and Historiography a National department (département departamento is an administrative Metropolitan France (France métropolitaine or la Métropole, or colloquially l'Hexagone) is the part of France located in Europe, including
- 3 digits (département or collectivity) and 2 digits (commune) for the Overseas departments, Overseas Territorial Collectivities and Overseas Countries and Territories. Overseas department (départements d’outre-mer or DOM) is a designation under the 1946 Constitution of the Fourth Republic that was given to the As of 2007 the European Union has 27 member states, most of which participate in all EU policy areas and programs or have signed up to do so See also : fr:Code INSEE#Code communal. INSEE ( French: I nstitut N ational de la S tatistique et des É tudes É conomiques; inse (not) in French is the
- INSEE numbers (13 digits + a two-digit key) are national identification numbers given to people. A national identification number is used by the Governments of many countries as a means of tracking their Citizens Permanent residents and temporary residents The format is as follows: syymmlllllooo kk, where
- s is 1 for a male, 2 for a female for a permanent number; it is 7 for a male, 8 for a female for a temporary number,
- yy are the last two digits of the year of birth,
- mm is the month of birth or a number above 20 if the birthdate is unknown
- lllll is the COG for the location of birth,
- ooo is an order number to distinguish people being born at the same place in the same year and month.
- 'kk' is the "control key", equal to 97-(the rest of the number modulo 97). In Mathematics, modular arithmetic (sometimes called modulo arithmetic, or clock arithmetic) is a system of Arithmetic for Integers
There are exceptions for people in particular situations. [1]
- SIREN codes are given to businesses and nonprofit associations, SIRET codes to their establishments and facilities. A business (also called firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage A voluntary association or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, unincorporated association, or just an association) is a group [1]
History
Statistics in France before INSEE
INSEE was preceded by several related statistical agencies in France. In 1833, the Statistics Bureau (French: Bureau de la statistique) was created by Adolphe Thiers. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Louis-Adolphe fr Thiers ( Marseille, 16 April 1797&ndash3 September 1877 was a French politician and Historian. In 1840 it was renamed SGF or General Statistics of France. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year [2]
Under the direction of Lucien March, the SGF expanded its activities. It began an investigation of consumption habits in 1907, following with periodic investigations on retail prices in 1911. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
In 1920 Alfred Sauvy introduced competitive entrance exams for SGF recruitment. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Alfred Sauvy (1898-1990 was a demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy However, it was René Carmille, a pioneer of the use of the calculators, who laid the foundations of the modern organization. A calculator is device for performing mathematical calculations distinguished from a Computer by having a limited problem solving ability and an interface optimized for interactive In 1940, the Demographic Service (Service de la démographie) was created under the Ministry of Finance in order to replace the military recruitment office prohibited by the June 1940 Armistice with Nazi Germany. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Second Armistice at Compiègne was signed at 1850 on 22 June 1940 near Compiègne, in the department of Oise, between Nazi Germany Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers In order to better conceal its undertakings, the Demographic Service absorbed the SGF on 11 October 1941. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The new organization was called the SNS or National Statistics Service. [3] As part of this reorganization, six new offices were created in the Northern (occupied) zone whose regional structure is maintained today in INSEE. Vichy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944
René Carmille created an Applied Sciences School (predecessor of the current ENSAE) to specially train members for the SNS.
Creation of INSEE
The SNS was finally transformed into INSEE by the law of 27 April 1946, The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Surveys for the metropolis and overseas France (L'Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques pour la métropole et la France d'outre-mer). Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
List of directors
This is a list of directors of INSEE since its founding:
References
- ^ SIRENE database
- ^ (French: Statistique générale de la France)
- ^ (French: Service national des Statistiques)
External links
Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Edmond Malinvaud was born on 25 April 1923 in Limoges. He was the first president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
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